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| KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Hanwha's Floral, who walks out with two outs and a runner on first base in the fifth inning, strikes out swinging. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/ |
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| KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Lotte Reyes hit an RBI double in the eighth inning. |
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Hanwha Eagles eventually fell to last place. Hanwha became 10th in the league by giving up both home games against Lotte during the week.
Hanwha lost both games against Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd and 3rd. Moon Dong-ju started the game on the 2nd, but lasted only two innings. Moon Dong-ju pitched two innings, allowing four hits, one homer, one walk, and four runs. Hanwha eventually lost the game 2-6.
On the 3rd, Hanwha launched a counterattack by starting Cody Ponce, the first foreign pitcher. Lotte's starter is Na Kyun An.
Ponce, a unique foreign starting pitcher, was also strong. He pitched seven innings against Lotte and struck out 10 times. He gave up five hits and two walks. Lotte batters lost the timing with a maximum speed of 155km, a slider and a change-up.
He allowed a hit to Reyes in the first inning and a hit in the second inning, but later hit the the batter. In the third inning, he struck out two, allowed three outs, and allowed a walk to Na Seung-yeop in the fourth inning, but finished the inning quickly without losing a run.
Ponce faced a crisis in the fifth inning. He allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee and was doubled by Lee Ho-joon at first base with no outs. It's a crisis with no outs and runners on second and third.
Ponce struck out Jeon Min-jae, the next batter, but allowed Lotte's ninth batter, Information Keun, to make a timely RBI. With one out and runners on the first and third bases, Jeon Jun-woo was allowed to sacrifice fly in the outfield, allowing another run. He gave up two runs in the fifth inning alone.
Afterwards, Ponce, who took the mound, pitched until the sixth and seventh innings, finishing the pitch without additional runs. Hanwha failed to score until the fifth inning, but fought back when Na Kyun-an went down the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Hanwha created a chance with one out and runners on first and third bases with a leadoff hitter Roh Si-hwan hit in the sixth inning and Kim Tae-yeon's timely hit after one out. Lee Jin-young, who was a pinch hitter, then hit an RBI double against Lotte Song Jae-young. With one out and runners on the second and third bases, Moon Hyun-bin hit an RBI infield grounder that brought in a runner on the third base, eventually tying the game 2-2. There was no follow-up hit, but the game was brought to square one.
2-2 situation. Lotte scored again in the eighth inning. With Na Seung-yeop's hit, Lotte excluded Na Seung-yeop and put Jang Doo-sung as a pinch runner. Lotte's No. 4 hitter Reyes hit an RBI double that separated left-center.
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| KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Hanwha starter Ponce coming down the mound after pitching in the sixth inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/ |
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| Hanwha starter Ponce roars over the seven-run crisis. |
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Lotte also scored an additional run in the ninth inning with a 3-2 lead. Leading hitter Lee Ho-joon hit a triple and got on base. After one out, Cho In-geun widened the gap by 4-2 with an infield ground ball that scored an RBI.
Hanwha had a two-out full base chance against Lotte closer Kim Won-joong in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Hanwha Floral stepped down with a ground ball in front of the pitcher, and the game ended with Lotte's victory.
The joys and sorrows of foreign hitters on both teams were mixed. Lotte's fourth batter Reyes hit an RBI double in the eighth inning, while Hanwha's foreign hitter Floral failed to take advantage of the opportunity every time. Hanwha Floral went 0-for-8 during the two consecutive games against Lotte. He was in the center lineup, but failed to bring in runners.
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| Florial striking out with two outs in the 5th inning. |
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| Hanwha Floral, who walks out with a swing and miss in the fifth inning. |
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Floral showed not bad bat skills in exhibition games, but he has a batting average of 10% with four hits in 36 at-bats in 10 games since the opening of the league. He continues to play the central lineup, but has not been able to play a role as a troubleshooter.
In the end, Hanwha was forced to fall to the bottom of the league in the opening 10 games without benefiting from foreign hitters.
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| 8회 1타점 2루타. Lotte Reyes. |
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| Hanwha Floral, who failed to take advantage of the bases-loaded chance in the bottom of the ninth inning and gave up the victory. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
